fitness, hipness, healthy living & Lithe.

As some of you may know, our Ardy lease was up this March and I made the difficult decision to close our little Ardmore studio at Dr. Bucky's office and not open another Mainline location until after I have my baby. As much as I hate to admit it, I have too much on my plate right now to open another studio until fall 2011.

We've out-grown our Ardmore home and until we find our forever home on the Mainline (which I promise I will do post-baby), I want to thank everyone who has been involved with Lithe Ardmore over the past two years: My incredible instructors, the gracious Dr. Bucky and his staff and our faithful, dedicated Lithers.

Yesterday, the Ardmore morning crew sent me this incredible poem and I had to share it with all of you. It will make you laugh...it made me cry. I've always known that Lithe is very special, but when I imagine no Lithe in my life, it really hurts. We empathise with you all! So, lets welcome all the lovely Mainline Lithers into Lithe's Center City studios and make them feel at home. We love you all! Thank you for your dedication, hard work and friendship.

Lauren,

A few of us faithful Lithers out here in Ardmore recited a poem in between classes this morning to acknowledge our last day doing Lithe in the 'burbs and the great impact your program and people have had on our lives. It's a poem of thanks and gratitude, with a little sense of humor thrown in for fun. While we have loved each and every instructor that has worked with us at the Ardmore Studio, we dedicated this poem to the instructor we have spent most of our mornings with...Krista.

Before Lithe, before Krista

We were nothing

It's sad

But it's true.

We wandered the Main Line

Each and every morning

With not much to do.

Our bottoms were droopy

Our arms wobbled free

Our stamina was low

Our bodies in depressing atrophy.

Until the bright day

When Lithe entered our lives

With Krista's performance

We became committed to exercise.

We've worked on our method abs, our curtsies, and sumos

Liberties in stiletto, even splits, and dreaded plyos

To call it tough--well that's an understatement

Though there was sweat and some tears, to Lithe we always went.

Our bodies were sore,

In a good way, not bad

We could see quite a difference

This Lithe Method had made.

We have loved coming to Lithe

A tight Ardy crew we've become

Making friends, fitness committed

Working out, each day craving some.

Oh, Krista, we will miss you

We thank you so much

For teaching us moves

And whipping our butts.

Please come back to the Main Line real soon

Because without Lithe in our lives

We're scared we'll balloon.

We are committed to Lithe

And CANNOT live without

Missing Skinny Jeans and Short Shorts

Will make us all pout.

The idea of no more Lithe

Is too sad to consider

We've become an odd family

And Krista, you're like a sister.

Headed to Rehab

Lithe Withdrawal--it might be quite serious

There's talk of TRX, ballet, and boot camp

To be honest, it all sounds scary and mysterious.

Can't wait for the new studio

A beauty it's sure to be

We Lithers, we'll reunite

And be as happy as can be!

Three cheers for our Krista

Fit, hip and healthy--all three

Our model, our teacher

Our Lithe guru she'll always be!

Thanks so much for making exercise a fun, challenging, and enjoyable part of our everyday lives. We will miss you terribly!

And Ardmore loves lithe! I miss Ardmore already! And Maureen's poem was so sweet and heart felt - we're not all as talented as she is (and certainly not as funny) but we all share her sentiments about Lithe. Hope to make it downtown sometime soon... in the mean time, I will torture myself by reading the blog and checking in at the facebook page to keep up with all of the Lithe excitement!

I've read that poem 4x now, it still makes me laugh and tear up. You really represented us well, Maureen! I've never felt such a camaraderie with a group a women in such a small span of time. Looking forward to seeing you all at Lithe again soon!! Miss you!

Such a great poem that perfectly captures how our small but mighty Ardmore group feels about Lithe!! I am missing the workouts and the camaraderie already and it has only been one day! Hope to see you all soon! xo

It's been such an amazing experience, becoming fit, hip and healthy while bonding with an amazing group of women! We have sweated, moaned and groaned, laughed and recently cried together. And we are all hopeful that we will be reunited with our awesome instructors, Krista, Carrie and everyone else, on the Main Line soon!

It's only been 1 day and I am missing Lithe terribly! Being an avid runner, I never expected to fall in love with another fitness routine, but I did! From the fabulous instructors to the wonderful women I met, I will miss them all!
Hope to see Lithe Method back on the Main Line soon!

Sigh, I feel like I have open wounds all over. The walls of my community have been torn down(but we will rebuild-I heard "promise" above););) Lauren, we ALL said we will babysit for you to fast track this project(seriously)!!

Love to all my Ardy girls, instructors and our perfect lit'l studio. You have only seen me through good days because it was always a good day if it started with Lithe & all of you. xxxooo

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